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Brass Hat would be a perfect candidate for public office in Kentucky. He was born in the Bluegrass, is an underdog that exceeded all expectations, overcame injury and adversity, has a pretty good following and, perhaps most importantly, can only speak through his actions. Oh for politicians and industry officials who would talk less and do ...

Photo by photobysparks.com Stakes-winning California stallion Spensive (TrueNicks,SRO) has joined TrueNicks. The gray or roan son of Ponche stands at E.A. Ranches in Santa Ysabel, California, as property of Y-Lo Racing Stables. A six-furlong debut winner at Del Mar at two, Spensive went on to score in the one-mile Gold Rush Stakes over a ...

This past weekend I hitched up one of the horses for a nice drive to soak up some of the terrific fall weather. We made our way to a neighborhood I've watched develop during the past few years. I took a shot of the street sign of the development's main road and thought some of you might appreciate this: What a loss it was when Real Quiet passed ...

In the race briefly known as the Zenyatta Stakes, Zenyatta herself used her patented late move to claim her 19th victory Saturday at Hollywood Park. Odds are that the 2011 renewal of the Lady's Secret Stakes (gr. I) will be renamed once again for the unbeaten Street Cry (IRE) (TrueNicks,SRO) mare. But let's not forget 1986 Horse of the Year ...

Lookin At Lucky apart, it’s been a strange season for three-year-olds with very few being able to separate themselves from the pack. The most recent weekend, with a purse totaling $1,500,000 for the two event, the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) and Super Derby (gr. II) might have seen some pretenders consolidate their position. Instead it revealed a ...

TrueNicks welcomes Diamond F Ranch stallions Tenga Cat and Del Mar Show. Breeders are now able to run unlimited hypothetical mating reports on these stallions. Del Mar Show (TrueNicks) is a multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire by Theatrical. He excelled on the turf, taking the Bernard Baruch H. (gr. II) at Saratoga and four other graded ...

With Rachel Alexandra being retired earlier this week, I thought it would be timely to catch up with her previous trainer Hal Wiggins, who was one of the major reasons she accomplished as much as he did. Wiggins, who retired from training shortly after Rachel was moved to Steve Asmussen, now lives in Texas. He is semi-retired, but works as an ...

The October 2 edition of The Blood-Horse magazine is a special report. ''Unwanted Horses: How the Industry is Dealing With Life After Racing'' has features on second careers for runners after their last race; equine slaughter; Thoroughbred adoption; and the racing industry's current and future attempts to find solutions for retired ...

Photo by Tony Leonard This week it was announced that Kingmambo (TrueNicks,SRO) has been pensioned from stud duty. To date, the 20-year-old son of Mr. Prospector and dual Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I) winner Miesque has sired 86 stakes winners, including 23 group or grade I winners on the flat. Kingmambo stood his entire career at Lane's ...

We already knew it, but with Rachel Alexandra's retirement it was announced again that the 2009 Horse of the Year will be bred to 2007-08 HOY Curlin (TrueNicks,SRO) in 2011. As Jess Jackson said, ''We are eager to introduce Rachel to Curlin. Imagine what possibilities those two super horses might produce.'' Interestingly, both horses are winners ...